CX. LAURINE^E. 
1301 
C ryptocarya.] 
in young bud and the form of the perianth not ascertained. Stamens of 
Cryptocarya, but as yet very young. Fruit depressed globular, above £in. 
diameter, very similar to that of C. glaucescens. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallaehy. 
Var. parvifolia. Leaves deep green, ovate, 3-nerved, about ‘2in. long. Fruit black, globular. 
— Hab.: Top of Mount Mistake Bange. 
Wood of fine grain, easy to work, of a light colour. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 313a. 
8. C. IWteissneri (after C. F. Meissner), F. r. M. Fragm. v. 170 ; Benth. 
Fi. Austr. v. 298. A small or large tree, quite glabrous in every part. Leaves 
elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, contracted into a short 
petiole, mostly about 2in. and rarely above 3in. long, rather thick, penniveined 
but the veins irregular and even the primary ones not very prominent. Panicles 
short, axillary and terminal, the flowers not numerous and quite glabrous out- 
side. Perianth-tube narrow, at first turbinate, ovoid and contracted at the top 
when fully out and f line long, the lobes nearly as long, minutely hairy inside. 
Stamens much shorter than the perianth, the glands sessile but as near to the 
outer as to the inner stamens. Ovary immersed in the perianth-tube, Fruit 
not seen. — C. hypoylauca, var. attenuata, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 508 (F.v.M.). 
Hab.: Logan River, Rev. B. Scortechini. 
9. C. australis (Australian), Bent. FI. Austr. v. 299. A large shrub or small 
tree, quite glabrous in all its parts. Leaves ovate elliptical or almost oblong, 
acuminate, contracted into a short petiole, coriaceous or thin, pale underneath but 
not at all white, more or less prominently triplinerved, 2 to 4in. long. Panicles 
very loose, few-flowered, always much shorter than the leaves and quite glabrous. 
Pedicels rather long. Perianth-tube turbinate, nearly 1 line long, the lobes at 
•least as long, ovate and more spreading than in other species. Stamens short, 
especially the 3 inner ones. Ovary immersed in the tube. Fruiting perianth 
obovoid, pear-shaped, usually globose, sometimes nearly Jin. long, usually crowned 
by the remains of the perianth-limb, on some trees yellow, on others crimson. 
haunts Bowiei, Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 419, t. 23 ; Oreodaphne Bowiei, Walp. Ann. 
i. 576 ; Laurus australis, A. Cunn. ; Hook. Bot. Mag. under n. 3931 ; Caryodapline 
australis A. Braun ; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 77. 
Hab : Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham and many others ; Rockingham Bay, 
Dallaehy. 
The specific name Bowiei was originaily given to this plant under a mistake as to the origin 
-of the seeds from which it was raised at Kew, and was therefore afterwards suppressed by 
Hooker himself, and Cunningham’s name adopted. — Benth. 
Wood light-coloured, close-grained, easily worked ; suitable for lining-boards. — Bailey’s Cat 
Ql. Woods, No. 314. 
10. C. oblata (oblate) Bail. Bot. Bull. ix. 11. This is said to be a tree 
of considerable size. The young growth and inflorescence covered with a more or 
less dense clothing of short bright ferruginous hairs, but soon becoming perfectly 
glabrous ; branchlets very angular, nearly black, with numerous light-coloured 
lenticelles ; leaves broadly lanceolate with elongated points, attaining 5 or more 
inches in length, the primary veins few, distant, and not very prominent, and 
the reticulation somewhat faint ; texture membranous ; petioles short ; fruit 
oblate and laterally compressed, the broadest diameter about lfin., marked by 
prominent ribs, the fleshy covering softer and more juicy than usual in the 
genus. The perianth appears to be more persistent in this than in any other 
Australian species of the genus ; but I could find none perfect enough to 
describe any of the parts, except, I might observe, that the staminodia seemed 
large and to resemble those of C. Wightiana, Thwaites. 
Hab.: Daintree River, E. Cowley. 
